xii, 282 pages ; 23 cm

This account - revised and updated to cover Thatcher's fall and legacy - analyzes the ideology, statecraft and economic and social programme of the Thatcher government. It explores rival interpretations of Thatcherism and assesses Thatcherism's impact

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-277) and index

1. A crisis of hegemony -- The world system -- Fordism -- The world recession -- The decline of the United States -- The crisis of social democracy -- Citizenship -- Representation -- Economic management -- The crisis of the British ancien regime -- 2. The New Right -- The free economy and the strong state -- The liberal New Right -- The conservative New Right -- 3. From Butler to Thatcher -- Postwar reconstruction -- The ferment of the 1960s -- The Heath government -- The ascendancy of Margaret Thatcher -- Opposition -- 4. The Thatcher Government 1979-90 -- Phase I, 1979-82: the slump -- Phase II, 1982-7: the recovery -- Phase III, 1987-90: the fall of Thatcher -- 5. The pursuit of statecraft -- The perils of ideology -- The quest for true Toryism -- Libertarianism and collectivism -- Limited politics and the constitutional state -- A governing class -- High politics -- Authority -- 6. The struggle for hegemony -- The crisis of the regime -- Authoritarian populism -- The forward march of labour halted -- Class politics -- Finance and industry -- Gender and race -- The state and public policy -- 7. The legacies of Thatcherism -- The politics of support -- The Thatcher record assessed

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